Sentences with phrase «most dog bite incidents»

There are many contributing factors to most dog bite incidents, including poor breeding practices, inadequate socialization and training, health or behavioural issues, inadequate supervision and / or control of the dog.

On a more rational side, I would be interested in a scientific study showing what the precipitating causes are for most dog biting incidents.

Not exact matches

It is not possible to know the actual total of dog bites that occur in any community, as most incidents are never reported.

I have to agree that owners are  1/2 the equation and that the irresponsible owners are the ones most likely involved where there are dog - bite incidents.

In my experience, these types of leashes a.) tend to cause dogs to act more aggressively and to pull hard on the leash; b.) are more likely to trigger a fight with another dog since the dog that is straining at the end of the leash looks like it is in attack mode; c.) tend to be purchased by lazy and irresponsible dog owners who do not train their dogs to obey, and who tend to spoil their dogs, causing more aggression and bratty behavior; d.) undo most of the important aspects of your obedience training and leadership over your dog, especially obeying around distractions and coming when called, and over time they teach your dog to charge after other dogs, animals and even people; e.) are hard to control once the dog is at the end of the line, and can get caught in the leashes of other dogs, increasing the potential for a biting or attack incident; f.) do NOT cause the dog to get more exercise on the walk; g.) can cause a dog to run away from you, because if you accidentally drop the leash handle, many dogs will run from the plastic handle «chasing» them from behind and that could cause your dog to run into traffic and die; h.) have resulted in injuries to dogs and owners.

Interestingly enough, pit bull type dogs do not get the highest billing on reports of which breeds are most likely to be involved in bite incidents or aggressive acts.

Children are most likely to be the victims of dog biting incidents, as are people with multiple canines in their home.

7) While dogs were most likely to play with dogs of the same size as them, biting incidents happend most often happened between dogs of similar sizes.

Dog Bite Prevention Week highlights the need for education and awareness to prevent these largely avoidable incidents from occurring and finds practical and workable solutions to this universal problem through education and heightened awareness for those most at risk.

This devastating incident underscores the fact that of the 4.5 million dog bites reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year, it is children who are the most at risk.

Sadly, insurance companies have a «one and done» outlook on dog bite or dog injury claims and will drop even the most loyal customers after an incident.»